Women's Issues

Women attending universities

Q: Is it permissible for Muslim women to receive secular education and study in universities so that they can earn a degree? Some people argue that it is necessary for a woman to hold a degree so that if she is divorced or widowed, she will be able to earn a living and see to her dependants. Furthermore, there is a need for Muslim female professionals e.g. doctors. If our Muslim sisters do not become doctors, Muslim women will be forced to go to male doctors.

Bleeding after a miscarriage

Q: I had a miscarriage in January 2017. No limbs of the foetus were formed. After the miscarriage I bled for some time. The bleeding stopped followed by brownish discharge. This is ongoing although lighter. What habit do I use? My previous habit was 6 days prior to having the miscarriage.

Qadha of Esha Salaah if a woman's period ends before fajr

Q:

1. A woman is on her period. She goes to sleep at night but when she wakes up at fajr time, she realises that she must have become taahir during the night since there is no trace of blood. Does she have to make qadaa of the isha prayers? 

2. Would it have been necessary for her to set her alarm clock to wake her up before the end of isha time/start of fajr time, to check whether the period had finished at night, in which case she would avoid it becoming qada?

Iddat after khula

Q: If I take khula and I don't do iddat period instead of iddat period can I give or my parents give kuffara for the iddat period or its necessary to do iddat and how many days iddat will be there?

Irregular bleeding

Q: I have just started homeopathic treatment to correct my hormonal imbalance (irregular periods). I had my haiz for 8 days and was clean so I had a ghusl. Today is the 10th day and this morning I can see a very thin line of blood in my discharge. The discharge is more than the blood. Do I regard this as part of my haiz?

Yellow discharge

Q: Is very slightly yellow discharge like normal routine discharge at the end of haidh considered haidh (as my normal discharge is also slightly yellowish) if this yellow discharge is observed on the 9th day of haidh.